Stupid things you thought were true

[Lili]

I thought Arbok evolved into Seviper... and that Arbok could also evolve into Pikachu XD.

 

[Roxxor]

I thought that Gastly could evolve into Cloyster when I was younger. I can still see the resembelance between the two.

That also meant that I thought that Cloyster was a Ghost/Water Pokemon.

I also tapped A (and sometimes still do) like a madman while trying to catch a Pokemon.

 

[Invader Palkia]

I thought that once a pokemon got to level 100, if it leveled up, it would die. So, in an effort to save my Kyogre (It was kinda scary how much I liked that thing) I restarted my game. I can't believe I restarted it, I hate myself for it now :(

I thought Clamperl evolved by Leveling up, similar to how Cascoon or Silcoon evolved. So, well, Lv. 63 Clamperl.

I used to think Status changing moves did nothing.

And that Milotic could be caught in a hidden cave somewhere in Hoenn. (I thought I saw a screenie cap in one of my friends Guide books, but was mistaken, I think it was the Icy part of Shoal cave)

And probably lots more that I've forgotten. :|

 

[Arcanine]

I also did the button pressing to catch Pokemon, and believed Arbok evolved to Seviper.

TRUE STUPIDITY: See the health bars?->

In LG, I used to turn my good friend GameBoy Advance sideways to somehow "help" the opponent's HP bar lower untill he fainted:sweatdrop:

 

[Time Psyduck]

Thinking Gligar evolved from Golbat (Hadn't seen crobat at the time)
Thinking that the pokorus would somehow damage my pokemon (i turned the game off)
Thinking Groudon was the final form of Torchic
Thinking Kyogre was the final form of Mudkip

 

[Corsoth Arcole]

Eheh...

Back during R/B/Y times, my older brother told me Potions were bad soon after I started my first game. I immediately trashed all of mine.

I also believed for a long time that rapidly tapping A or B would make catching Pokemon easier. I still do out of habit, after being proved wrong...

 

[S. E.]

My friend told me that my Pokemon would die and turn into eggs at Lv. 100. I believed it too, because this is when I was playing Crater, which is what got me hooked on Pokemon. She was playing Pokemon before I was, so I thought I should believe what she said. Little did I know that until I raised a Lv.100, she didn't have or even know anyone who have had any Lv. 100 Pokemon... Also, I was unaware that there aren't eggs in Crater (or more importantly the first games). I was still a little wary when I first got FireRed, and foolishly overtrained my 'Zard. (He was a Charizard by Mt. Moon...) Once he reached Lv.60 or so, I got worried sick about this 'rumor'. So I searched Google on this thing, and it brought up no results. I was still a bit unnerved, but I kept training him. By the time I beat the game when he was Lv.80-ish, I knew fool well that she(my friend) didn't know what she was talking about. Once he reached 100, he didn't turn into an egg, obviously.

Moral of the Story: Don't listen to your friend's 'Pokemon facts' until you know enough about it to know whether their lying.

Oh, and that 'Zard is still with me. ^^

 

[Twilight Dragon]

I thought that releasing a Pokemon would return its pokeball back to where you found it. So, in Ruby when I used my first master ball on a stupid Abra, I released it and tried to go back into the Aqua hideout. Of course, the entrance was sealed, so I never found out....

Wouldn't it be weird if that were actually true? o.o

 

[Noctowl]

I thought that you were not allowed to catch the legandary pokemon, or something bad would happen. So I'd just knock out Groudon/Kyogre on my games.

 

[Zeph]

I used to think that Pikablu was that one surfing Pikachu with the blue eyes in that one episode of the anime

Um, what's with the random 'one's?

Right. let's see. I used to think that holding A and mashing up would make catching easier (You're not a real Pokémon fan unless you've been fooled by something like that!). I can't remember much else right now, though.

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

Hmm, what can I say? I like repetition.

Oh and something kind of stupid: I used to think that Growl did damage. I don't know why, but I just thought that.

 

[Zeph]

...Repetition? I didn't know repetition covered randomly added words that make no sense...

Sorry if I'm seeming a bit harsh here. I'm just a bit pedantic sometimes.

 

[Murkrow]

Oh yeah I remember another one now
Sometimes I read things really quickly so since R/S came out I read 'Gardevoir' as 'Gardevior' so I thought it was pronounced 'gar-dev-ee-ore' I didn't find out the truth until about a week ago when one came out of a Pokeball on Brawl.

 

[Crazy Weavile]

Only one such thing.

-Ampharos evolved into Dratini

Don't ask.

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

If it really is that annoying to you, I could just edit the offending sentence.

 

[Zeph]

No, it's not offending and doesn't annoy me. Sorry if I've irritated you at all. I just... don't get it. Sorry. Aaah, i feel like I've upset you now...

 

[Nope]

Some months ago I wrote Typhlosion "Typhloison" o.o;

 

[Arylett Charnoa]

Nah, it's cool. I just got a little irritated due to a lack of sleep. But really, it's fine. :D

 

[Alexi]

I believed that holding B down when catching a pokemon makes it easier to catch, and I still do it, and it seems to work. Maybe it's all a conspiracy...>> <<;;;

I once read this really elaborate fake cheat on how to get Celebi in Crystal, and spent ages trying to do it, before I realized it was fake. Then I wrote a fic about it. XD

 

[rrayuu]

I thought holding down the A button really hard would increse my chances of doing more damage when I played silver.